Staff Backend Engineer (NodeJS/Go) at Yassir

About the role

• As a Backend Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the technical standards for the Backend in our Last Mile Delivery domain.
• You will work closely with multiple squads within the domain to provide technical leadership in areas such as tech roadmaps, architecture decisions, and feature development and release cycles.
• Your role will also involve mentoring junior developers and contributing to the scaling up of Backend engineers in multiple squads.
• This will include conducting technical interviews to identify and onboard talented engineers.

About your role as Staff Engineer, Backend (Nodejs)

• Design, build, and maintain features for domain applications
• Provide technical leadership and manage dependencies
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Support and help grow domain team members by helping them with technical blockers
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to improve efficiency
• Participate in architecture and design discussions
• Strongly contribute to building the technical roadmap
• Conduct technical interviews
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

Owner of these project

• Conduct feasibility studies to validate capability and functionality
• Draft and submit intellectual property
• Conduct research and assess current technologies
• Develop and execute complex, multi-tier distributed software search applications
• Apply technical and domain expertise to products and problems
• Assess and write code to improve or extend applications
• Manage and provide assistance for current software applications
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to others

About your experience

• Solid backend engineering experience with Node.js and Go
• Strong foundation in programming fundamentals
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven problem-solving abilities and a willingness to help others achieve their goals
• Extensive experience with Git in a team environment
• Proficiency in writing testable code and unit tests
• Bonus: Experience in a fast-growing startup in the on-demand services industry
• Extensive experience with A/B experiments and a data-driven approach to product development